Common
Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2017 is a National Level Entrance
Exam, conducted by All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE).
AICTE has released notification for CMAT 2017 on October 5, 2016. It
is an online computer based exam which will be held on two
days, on January 28 and 29, 2017.
Last
year, AICTE were decided to conduct the test only one day for an
academic year and this year, it has decided to conduct the test on
two days. Other than this, no changes has been made to this exam.
The
test is for those candidates who are interested in various management
courses offered by top management institutes in India. Any
Indian’s citizen having Bachelor’s
degree can apply
for this exam. On the basis of CMAT 2017 score, candidate would be
able to take admission into several post graduate management courses
in over 400 B-Schools of India.
Important
Dates For CMAT 2017
The
dates for the conduct of AICTE CMAT 2017 have been announced. The
candidates can check the dates from the table below.
|
Events
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Dates
|
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Commencement
of Online Registration
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10
October 2016
|
|
Last
date to fill and submit the online application form
|
10
December 2016
|
|
Last
Date to submit application fee in cash at SBI Bank
|
9
December 2016
|
|
Trial
Test will be available on
|
15
December 2016
|
|
Admit
Card to be released on
|
13
January 2017
|
|
CMAT
2017 to be held on
|
28
& 29 January 2017
|
|
Date
of Result declaration and release of Merit List
|
To
be announced (Expected to be announced in second week of February
2017)
|
CMAT
2017- Registration Process
CMAT
2017 registration process will be start from October 10, 2016 and
last date to register the form is December
10, 2016.
Registration will be invited through online application process.
The candidates must fill and submit the form only after ensuring that
they fulfill all eligibility criteria.
Eligibility
Criteria For CMAT 2017
AICTE has defined the eligibility criteria for the exam, which must
be satisfied by all the aspirants taking this test. They must be
ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility criteria, before
fulfilling the form. Non-fulfillment of the eligibility criteria may
lead to cancellation of the form.
The eligibility conditions are as follows:
The candidate should be an Indian citizen and can apply for the test
irrespective of his or her age.
He/she must have a Graduation degree in any discipline from a
recognized University or Institute.
Also, final year pursuing students of Graduate courses whose result
will be declared before commencement of admissions for the academic
year 2017-18 are also eligible to apply.
CMAT 2017:
Application Fee
The
aspirants will be required to pay a non-refundable registration fee
while filling the application form. This fee can be paid online via
Credit Card/Debit Card/Net banking or by depositing cash at any SBI
Bank branch in India against the online generated challan. The amount
of the application fee is as follow –
Test Pattern For CMAT 2017
It is a computer based test. The questions asked in the exam are
objective types and 180 minutes are available to attempt the 100
MCQs’. There will be 4 marks for every correct answer and 1 mark
will be deducted for every wrong answer.
The test pattern would
be-
|
Section
|
No. of Questions
|
Marks
|
|
Quantitative Technique
|
25
|
100
|
|
Logical Reasoning
|
25
|
100
|
|
General Awareness
|
25
|
100
|
|
Language Comprehension
|
25
|
100
|
|
Total
|
100
|
400
|
It is a 400 marks paper. There will be a negative
marking of 1 mark for every wrong answer. 3 hours will be given to
each student to complete the test.
